Get the Facts – Wedding Dress Cleaning

The first step in the proper care of your wedding gown is to have it cleaned. But who do you trust with your treasured gown? Your local dry-cleaner? A national company? A little bit of knowledge will help you to make an informed decision.

You should be aware that many local dry-cleaners do not clean and preserve gowns in their facilities, but choose to send their customer’s bridal gowns out to wholesale dry-cleaners. Wholesale dry-cleaners clean wedding gowns in large volume, perhaps thirty gowns at a time or more. This may result in less attention to individual gowns.

When choosing a dry-cleaner, you will need to know which solvents your local cleaner uses, or if he sends bridal gowns out, which solvent the wholesale dry-cleaner…